Renaissance Rewritings

'rewriting' Is One Of The Most Crucial But At The Same Time One Of The Most Elusive Concepts Of Literary Scholarship. In Order To Contribute To A Further Reassessment Of Such A Notion, This Volume Investigates A Wide Range Of Medieval And Early Modern Literary Transformations, Especially Focusing On Texts (and Contexts) Of Italian And French Renaissance Literature.--back Cover. Edited By Helmut Pfeiffer, Irene Fantappi�e And Tobias Roth. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Edited By Helmut Pfeiffer, Irene Fantappi�e And Tobias Roth. Introduction / Iren Fantappi�e -- 1. Rewriting. Without Hierarchy : Diffraction, Performance, And Re-writing As Kippbild In Dante's Vita Nova / Manuele Gragnolati. Anakyklosis : Transformation Of Transformations / Helmut Pfeiffer. Rewriting, Re-figuring : Pietro Aretino's Transformations Of Classical Literature / Irene Fantappi�e. Liber Mentalis : The Art Of Memory And Rewriting / Nicola Cipani -- 2. Rewritings In Early Modern Literature. Nulla Son Io; (...) Due Siam Fatti D'uno (geta E Birria) : Subtracting By Duplicating, Or, The Transformations Of Amphitryon In The Early Modern Period / Barbara Kuhn. From Plague To Scabies : Rewriting Lucretius In Angelo Poliziano's Sylva In Scabiem / Tobias Roth. Hippocrates For Princes : Ippolito De' Medici's Retratti D'aphorismi / Cl�ement Godbarge. The Inner-poetic History Of Latin Love Poetry In Tito Vespasiano Strozzi's Eroticon / Nina Mindt. Shipwrecked Souls : Menippean Satire And Renaissance Textuality / Helmut Pfeiffer. Ariosto's Rewriting Of Ancient And Contemporary Models In Italian Verse Satire / Susanne Goumegou. From Venice To Basel : Curione's Rewritings / Davide Dalmas. Pietro Aretino, St. John The Baptist And The Rewriting Of The Psalms / Marco Faini. Rewriting The Bible In Pietro Aretino's Genesi (1538) / �elise Boillet. Aretino's Rewritings Of The Bible / Giulio Ferroni.